by Nicole Dungca | Nov 1, 2011 | News
OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) An Oregon judge on Monday (Oct. 31) sentenced two members of a faith-healing church to more than six years in prison, saying the death of their newborn son was easily avoidable. A jury in September unanimously found Dale and Shannon Hickman...
by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 1, 2011 | News
British Christians have condemned the Egyptian Army’s distortion of its role in the massacre of more than two dozen Coptic Christians in early October. In an unprecedented press conference hosted by Premier Christian Media in central London recently, Christian...
by Josef Kuhn | Oct 31, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A famously litigious lawyer has filed charges against the Catholic University of America (CUA) for not providing Muslim students with prayer rooms that are free of Catholic iconography. John F. Banzhaf III, a law professor at George Washington...
by Al Webb | Oct 31, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) London’s historic St. Paul’s Cathedral reopened its doors to visitors Friday (Oct. 28) for the first time in a week, as authorities moved to evict hundreds of camped-out protesters. The church and the London entity that governs the area will ask a court...
by Adelle Banks | Oct 31, 2011 | News
(RNS) Crystal Cathedral officials have endorsed an offer from a nearby California university to purchase the glass-walled megachurch and end its bankruptcy crisis. Despite their decision, church leaders say they are still hoping for a miracle that will prevent the...
by Josef Kuhn | Oct 28, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. Catholic bishops dispatched their new point man on religious freedom to warn Congress on Wednesday (Oct. 26) that religious people risk being labeled as “bigots” without greater conscience protections. Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Conn.,...
